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Domain Name Wire
Company Sues Facebook Over New Timeline Feature, Says it Hijacked Its Username
Company claims trademark infringement and that Facebook hijacked its username. The Chicago company that owns Timelines.com and a federally registered trademark for “Timelines” has filed a trademark infringement suit (pdf) against Facebook...
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Company Sues Facebook Over New Timeline Feature, Says it Hijacked Its Username
Company claims trademark infringement and that Facebook hijacked its username. The Chicago company that owns Timelines.com and a federally registered trademark for “Timelines” has filed a trademark infringement suit (pdf) against Facebook...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 2:26 pm
Elliot's Blog
Without Al Gore, Dot Eco, LLC to Apply for .eco gTLD
In 2009, it was announced that former US Vice President Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection (an organization in which he is deeply involved) were teaming up with Dot Eco, LLC, a quarter of which is owned by publicly traded Top Level ...
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Without Al Gore, Dot Eco, LLC to Apply for .eco gTLD
In 2009, it was announced that former US Vice President Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection (an organization in which he is deeply involved) were teaming up with Dot Eco, LLC, a quarter of which is owned by publicly traded Top Level ...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 12:03 pm
The Domains
MediaPost: Internet Advertising Grows To $15 Billion For 1st Half Of 2011 & Search Accounts For 1/2
According to MediaPost.com citing stats from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Internet ad revenue rose 24.1% to $7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Combined with the results of the 1st Q 2011, Internet ad revenue...
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MediaPost: Internet Advertising Grows To $15 Billion For 1st Half Of 2011 & Search Accounts For 1/2
According to MediaPost.com citing stats from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, Internet ad revenue rose 24.1% to $7.7 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Combined with the results of the 1st Q 2011, Internet ad revenue...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 11:59 am
Domain Shane
Google Enables Gaydar…Apparently Disables Gaydar
There were multiple reports (Gawker, Ology) over the weekend that Google had apparently enabled some type of Gaydar to it’s searches. It actually worked pretty simply…just type in the name of a celebrity with the word ‘gay’ a...
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Google Enables Gaydar…Apparently Disables Gaydar
There were multiple reports (Gawker, Ology) over the weekend that Google had apparently enabled some type of Gaydar to it’s searches. It actually worked pretty simply…just type in the name of a celebrity with the word ‘gay’ a...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Pre-Paid Legal Has Rebranding Problem with Domain Name
Controversial legal services company is rebranding but doesn’t have the domain name. Pre-Paid Legal Services is changing its name to LegalShield, but it has a big problem: it doesn’t own LegalShield.com. Just a short time after filing an ...
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Pre-Paid Legal Has Rebranding Problem with Domain Name
Controversial legal services company is rebranding but doesn’t have the domain name. Pre-Paid Legal Services is changing its name to LegalShield, but it has a big problem: it doesn’t own LegalShield.com. Just a short time after filing an ...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 10:51 am
Elliot's Blog
Google Now Using G.CO on Maps
In July, it was announced that Google acquired G.CO to use as a url shortener for internal Google links. I just noticed that Google has begun using the G.CO url shortener for internal links on its Google Maps pages. When you enter an address on the m...
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Google Now Using G.CO on Maps
In July, it was announced that Google acquired G.CO to use as a url shortener for internal Google links. I just noticed that Google has begun using the G.CO url shortener for internal links on its Google Maps pages. When you enter an address on the m...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Don’t Mess With Texas’ Domain Names
Texas Department of Transportation wins domain name dispute over DontMessWithTexas.com. The Texas Department of Transportation has a message for domain name owners: Don’t Mess with Texas. The organization just won a National Arbitration Forum c...
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Don’t Mess With Texas’ Domain Names
Texas Department of Transportation wins domain name dispute over DontMessWithTexas.com. The Texas Department of Transportation has a message for domain name owners: Don’t Mess with Texas. The organization just won a National Arbitration Forum c...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 10:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Google to Take on Woopra and ChartBeat
Google Analytics goes real-time. Web analytics companies already know they need to quickly adapt to survive. Remember when Google acquired Urchin and then offered its suite for free as Google Analytics? Yeah, that shook things up. Today Google announ...
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Google to Take on Woopra and ChartBeat
Google Analytics goes real-time. Web analytics companies already know they need to quickly adapt to survive. Remember when Google acquired Urchin and then offered its suite for free as Google Analytics? Yeah, that shook things up. Today Google announ...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 10:01 am
The Domains
.Me Registry To Auction Off 150 Previously Unreleased Premium .Me Domain Names On Sedo
The .Me registry is going to auction off 150 premium, previously unreleased registry owned .Me domain names at Sedo. The auction which will start on October 27th and end on November 3rd (actually times to be announced). The auction will include some ...
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.Me Registry To Auction Off 150 Previously Unreleased Premium .Me Domain Names On Sedo
The .Me registry is going to auction off 150 premium, previously unreleased registry owned .Me domain names at Sedo. The auction which will start on October 27th and end on November 3rd (actually times to be announced). The auction will include some ...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 8:58 am
The Domains
Google Rollouts Real Time Stats On Google Analytics
According to a blog post on by Google, Google is upgrading its Google Analytics tool to give users real time information. Google’s free analytics tool offers a comprehensive data on websites but until now, it has a 24-hour lag on full dat...
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Google Rollouts Real Time Stats On Google Analytics
According to a blog post on by Google, Google is upgrading its Google Analytics tool to give users real time information. Google’s free analytics tool offers a comprehensive data on websites but until now, it has a 24-hour lag on full dat...
Discussion
September 30, 2011, 4:10 am
